now, democrats have said we have to be secret because we have to protect the identity of the whistle-blower. there has been a new report in the washington post saying that they re considering maybe if they have the whistle-blower testify, it will be a remote location. laura: let s put that up on the screen, okay. these are the measures that democrats are willing to take. put the whistle-blower in a separate location away from the capital. this is like on the state of the union with the vice president of the cabinets. the camera that distorts the face and changes the voice. sit behind the screen and the partition. very dramatic how they re revealing him on the screen, this audio only testimony. it s like a reveal, byron that s freaky. if you look at the law on this, the whistle-blower protection act, it says that the inspector general shall not disclose the name of the whistle-blower unless he determines that the disclosure
i would to make sure that there s nothing i do to jeopardize the whistle-blower in any way. the risk of the whistle-blower is retaliation. the one that was adam schiff and why he favors keeping the whistle-blower s name secret. what is there room for secrecy there relying on the anonymouspe president of the united states. they tell all their hearings about trumps ukraine call.everyd doors, so what are they hiding? former fbi assistant director byron, you been writing about this. and why was the democrats going to such great lengths to keep this whistle-blower s name and identity secret? first of all, there been two hearing so far in this ukraine investigation. last week, both in secret. there s supposed to be one tomorrow, they re supposed to be another one later this week and they re going to be secret as well. we don t have any transcripts only thing we know about what was said is what has been leaked.
political process. i come at it from someone with experience in the criminal justice system, and it was abhorrent by myself and my colleagues, and my former colleagues as well, that the fbi was politicized. so, now we see them moving away from that and getting into another area. laura: it s a last straw for them. but, jamie raskin commented from desperate. desperate. delaware is calling this all desperate. this cannot go on this way. i mean, it s impossible to believe that the democrats will be able to run and impeachmentte president. laura: maryland. proposed to him remove that president on the basis of secret information. to say to the american people, the president has to be removed we cannot tell you why, but we have got good reasons. you need to trust us on this. i just will not work, at some point, very soon, we are going to have to hear what these witnesses are saying. laura: byron, great to have you both on tonight, thank you